Improvement in harvesters



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vJOHN M. SWAIM. GF HOWARD, INDIANA..

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IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTERS.

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Be it known that I, JOHN M. Swain, o-t` Howard, in the county of Parke, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and improved Harvesting' Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure I, sheet No. lis a side sectional view nl' my invention teken in the line 91x, fig.

Figure 2, a plan or top view of the sume.

Figure 3, sheet No. 2, a rear view of the saine.

Figure 4, a plan or top view ot' a portion oi` the sickle and sickle-har used in reaping or cutting grain, the rigid connection being also shown.

Figure 5, a rear View of the mowing-sickle har.

Figure 6, a plan or top view ol' the mowing-sickle and sickle-bar, showing its connection te the main traine of the machine.

Figure 7, an end view of the machine at the graiinwheel side or end,

Similar letters of' reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved harvester, and consists of an improved platform attachment, whereby the grain may be discharged from the machine in gavels either with or without the process of raking' it off from the-platform. l

A yrepresents the main frame of the machine, having a draught-pole, B, attached and a driving-wheel, C, the latter boing secured to an axle, D, having a toothed wheel, E, placed loosely upon it, and which wheel may be connected with the axle so as to turn with it, when desired, by means of a clutch, F, operated by a lever, (it. The wheel E gears into a pinion, II, which is secured on a shaft, a, in the main frame A, said shaft having upon it a bcvelfwheel, I, which gears into a bevel pinion, J, on the front end ot' shaft, K, the rear end of said shaft having a crank-pulley, L, upon it, from which the siclrle M is driven by a pitinan, b, (see iig. I2.) N represents the linger-har, on which the sickle M works. This finger-har is secured to the rear end'of the main frame A.. in a rigid manner, and is designed to be used inreaping` or cutting grain, lout in cutting grass a linger-har, 0, is employed, (see figs. 5 and 6,) which is secure(L to a har, P, at the rear end of the platform, by means 'ofjoints o. In making a change of ngenbars all'that isrequired is to detach one and apply the other, the rigid finger-har N having an arm, d, which is bolted to the rear end of thc mainframe A and holds said linger-har firm, (see iig. Q represents a grain platform, which is simply'a light frame constructed of meta-l or wood, or both materials combined. This platform is provided with arms R R', one near cach end, and the frontcnds of those arms are bent at right angles to the other portions, as shown at e c', in order to form journals in which .sa-id arms may work. One of these journals c is provided with a lever, S, which is within reach of the driver on seat G', said seat being in' front of another seat H, the use of which will be presentlyshown. The journals c c may be fitted in different holes in bars ff on the machine, or in plates f attached thereto, so that the platforml may have a more or less inclined position, as desired. In reaping rye and wheat, which may be bound Without any previous curing, the platform Q has an inclined position, and the driver on seat G', at suitable intervals, actua-tes the levers S, and thereby raises the platform Q and discharges the out grain. In cutting oats,

which require sunning orcuring before being hound, lthe platform Q, is lowered to a horizontal position hy fitting the journals e e' of the arms R R in holes or bearings at the rear ends of the bars ff or in the plates f attached thereto, and an attendant on seat H rakes the oats from the platform Q. The device maybe readily transported from place to place, at considerable distances apart, by detaching the fingerdoar from the main frame, which admits of the machine being readily adjusted on a truck or wagon.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure bylLetters Patent- The grain platform Q, provided with journals a e, adapted to be fitted in, bearings in barslf, or platesj", in combination with the seats Gr and II, all constructed and operated substantially :is described.

JOI-IN M. SWAIM.

Witnesses Mien-usi. li. Smyrna', Willman Hrlnso'N. 

